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Hydraulic Lift - JIC fittings???

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Subject: Hydraulic Lift - JIC fittings???
From: "Brian Sanborn" <sanborn@net1plus.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 17:35:41 -0400
Listers,

Well, I am now a certifiable nut case.  I bought a used 4-post
hydraulic lift for my TR work. I got a great price on it from the
widow of an MG guy who passed away.  It is a Stinger SL model
that is smaller then the standard size and perfect for the TR4
and fitting in the garage.  Taking out the OD this winter will be
a lot easier on my body... and I can start taking car of all
those things under the car that are very difficult to do lying on
your back.

I have to dismantle it and move it to my garage.  It's about 75
miles away.  I have two questions for the wiser ones on the list:

1.) Have any of you heard of a company that rents tough pick-up
trucks.  The biggest piece is 9' long and the whole thing weights
a 1000 lbs.  It was delivered to the original owner in a Pickup
from the freight depot.

I have a 14' U-haul on reservation... but they are expensive
($.59 a mile), so unreliable about reservations and the equipment
is so bad.  I am pick-up impaired and no nothing about these
trucks.  What would I want to rent to move this thing.

2.)  I have to dismantle the hydraulics and cap the end of the
cables and plug the fittings where I make the breaks.  The
instructions refer to the fittings being JIC-6 in size and
sometimes say 3/8" JIC-6.  They mate to 3/8 NPT at the cylinder
and the power unit.  Does anybody know what the JIC means.  It's
new to me.  I need to buy some plugs and caps and don't even know
what this stuff means.

TIA

Brian Sanborn
'62 TR4  CT16260L-O - Groton, MA

My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn

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